Sightlines
A Conversation with the Natural World
New York : The Experiment, 2013.
Format: Book
Description: 244 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
In Sightlines, Kathleen Jamie reports from the field--from her native Scottish "byways and hills" to the frigid Arctic in fourteen enthralling essays. She dissects whatever her gaze falls upon--vistas of cells beneath a hospital microscope, orcas rounding a headland, the aurora borealis lighting up the frozen sea. In so doing, she questions what, exactly, constitutes "nature," and upends the idea that it is always picturesque. Written with precision, subtlety, and wry humor, Sightlines urges the reader: "Keep looking, even when there's nothing much to see."
Subjects:
Jamie, Kathleen, 1962- -- Travel -- Scotland.
Jamie, Kathleen, 1962- -- Travel -- Arctic regions.
Natural history -- Scotland.
Natural history -- Arctic regions.
Scotland -- Description and travel.
Arctic regions -- Description and travel.
Jamie, Kathleen, 1962- -- Travel -- Scotland.
Jamie, Kathleen, 1962- -- Travel -- Arctic regions.
Natural history -- Scotland.
Natural history -- Arctic regions.
Scotland -- Description and travel.
Arctic regions -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9781615190836 (pbk.)
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LITERATURE Essays Jam | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |